Analyzing Sharon Creech's Walk Two Moon

People read countless stories that have a variety of themes in them. When people read “Angela's Ashes” by Frank McCourt, and “The Street” by Ann Petry, they can probably sense that there is something similar among the two stories', and that's because they share a common theme. The theme is how people can persevere through problems that they encounter. The reader will discover this similar theme of persevering through problems with the way the authors utilize the character of characters feelings and personality, the way setting creates a backdrop that establishes the tone of the story, and events that cause conflict to the character.

Another theme heavily shown throughout the book is people are defined by the choices they make. Ben left his little sister Sissy to die even though he may have been able to save her, because he left her therefore he now vows to not run from danger/things that scare him. On top of that, Cassie promised Sammy that she would find him, and because she made that promise she will stop at nothing to be with him again.

No matter how open-minded a person may claim to be, everyone makes presumptions on first impressions or rumors. Despite seeing someone for only a split second, people make assumptions about others’ attitude, personality, and character! Usually, people tend to notice things that they feel are grounds to pass judgment upon. The quote “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” by Harper Lee is a quote that truly signifies how people should perceive others. Rather than judging someone, people should place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their way of thinking

Is on page 253, were the author wrote, “on the tombstone, beneath her name and the dates of her birth and death, was an engraving of a maple tree, ands it was only thean, when I saw the stone and her name-Chanhassen “Sugar” Pickford Hiddle-and the engraving of the tree, that I knew, by myself and for myself, that she wasn't coming back.” This shows that seeing everything her mom saw on the road trip gave Sal peace in her heart that it wasn't her mom's fault for not coming back. And that the whole time she was wanting to bring her mom back she wouldn't have been able to. This external force changed Sal the most because now she doesn't try to say it was her dad's fault foes her mother's leaving. It also changed her because she doesn't think about the bring her mom

How the character is told and developed majorly helps the theme advance. For example, when Jem is scowling at Scout concerning the roly poly, he seems to be maturing in character which pushes the coming of age aspect of the novel. To further this, Scout thinks, “Jem was scowling when I went to mash it. This was probably a part of the stage he was going through, and I wished he would hurry up and get through it.” This shows how Scout thought he was going through some stage too, which could possibly his coming of age stage. Also, Jem tells Scout not to mash the bug, furthering the theme that I picked from the novel stating that causing harm to the innocent is wrong until proven guilty. Notably, Jem tells Scout not to mash it “because they don’t bother you.” Which pushed Scout to state, “Jem was the one who was getting more like a girl every day, not

4 In the Novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the character Salamanca has had internal and external forces that has affected Sal, Phoebe, and Margaret. In the book, Walk Two Moons Salamanca has faced many challenges internal and external forces, and we are going to take a look to see these forces, so put on your seatbelt and get ready for the journey. 4

“Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true.”(Creech 1). Sal has always loved Bybanks, but the reason why changes throughout the book. In Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech uses the setting of Bybanks to change Sal with nature, memories of her mom, and her grandmother’s resting place.

What is abandonment? Abandonment is the action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned. How does it impact the lives of children? Children who do not get their needs met often grow up with low self-esteem, emotional dependency, helplessness, and other issues. The term “child abandonment” is a crime committed by parents because the child who is abandoned doesn’t know the reason why he or she was forsaken. The child thinks that their parent will take care of them. The book, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, is a story about a girl named Sal who was abandoned by her mother. Similarly, in the article on abandonment “Perspectives on Fear of Abandonment Causes, Effects, and Option” he showed us how abandonment impacts kids and adults such as, the

Have you ever thought about how people judge others without motives or reasons? Well this quite common in today’s world. We judge people by

Sal a 13 year old moves to Euclid Ohio due to her loss of her mother. How would you react to one of your greatest fears? Such as you had to move due to the fact someone left your family. Think about how something or someone externally made an impact in your life. Well in the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Sal the main character changes due to many external forces that she went through.

In the novel Walk Two Moons by sharon Creech,Phoebe realizes that nobody is perfect which several internal and external forces cause her to realize such as phoebe’s mom leaving ,phoebe seeing her dad crying,and phoebe’s mom comes home looking different.

Sal was a character who lost her mother at a young age. This resulted in many negative changes. In the novel, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, both internal and external forces cause the main character Salamanca to change.

Phoebe Winterbottom underwent many external conflicts during the course of a lifetime. In the realistic fiction novel Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Phoebe’s mother left and returned with the lunatic, Mike Bickle. But while her mother was missing, Phoebe confronted the police who didn’t listen to any of her ideas. In Walk Two Moons, Phoebe frequently struggled with external forces, which influenced her attitude and actions; this is proven by her mother’s disappearance, the lunatic, and other people ignoring her thoughts and feelings.

A great American author and motivational speaker, Sean Covey, once said, “Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do. We too often judge people without having all the facts.” This quotes represents how people today judge others based on what they see and not what the person sees through their eyes. Many people are not what they show to the outside world and are judged by assumption based on their age, religion, race, or sexual orientation. This quote is important for people to learn considering we live in a very diverse country and communities.

In the book, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, the setting of Bybanks is important to Sal because all her memories with her mom are there.